Spartman Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 Topped out at 88. Likely going to be the highest it's going to get for this month, even based on one of Judah's tweets. The end of today's 18z GFS run shows highs in the upper-50s on the 29th, but it would be an easy toss for that run. Neither Dayton or Columbus have never had a day when high temperatures failed to even reach 60 degrees in August since the record all-time lowest daily maximum temperature was 60 degrees on August 30, 1915 at those two climate sites. Cincinnati, on the other hand, has only once failed to reach even 60 degrees with the all-time lowest daily maximum August temperature of 58 degrees on August 30, 1915. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 Well that escalated quickly. Wasn't even expecting it to rain today, but we're getting some pretty good cracks of thunder and downpours blowing in from Lake St. Clair after a sunny morning. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 Tornado watch for S MN. Looking for some possible heavy weather up here in N MN. Air is thick right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 90 at ORD (24) and here (22) today.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 Power came back on about 10am, so total outage was about 92hrs. Working on time lapse now. Made it to 88 here, but not too humid. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 Pretty active afternoon across central Minnesota. No less then 5 tor warned storms right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Martin Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 4 hours ago, Chicago Storm said: 90 at ORD (24) and here (22) today. . Meanwhile only 5 for MKE. I'd be curious to see if there was ever even close to a 5:1 ratio in 90F days between Milwaukee and Chicago with a large sample size (I'm sure there has been something on the order of 5 for ORD and 1 for MKE for a summer). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis1729 Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 10 hours ago, wisconsinwx said: Meanwhile only 5 for MKE. I'd be curious to see if there was ever even close to a 5:1 ratio in 90F days between Milwaukee and Chicago with a large sample size (I'm sure there has been something on the order of 5 for ORD and 1 for MKE for a summer). Interesting...the greater than normal disparity between ORD and MKE this season is probably because most of ORD’s 90+ days have been 90-92, combined with UHI. Where I am in SW Lake County IL, we’ve only had 12 days of 90+. A lot of days 87-89. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 41 minutes ago, beavis1729 said: Interesting...the greater than normal disparity between ORD and MKE this season is probably because most of ORD’s 90+ days have been 90-92, combined with UHI. Where I am in SW Lake County IL, we’ve only had 12 days of 90+. A lot of days 87-89. Certainly part of it. Having more days in July where storms developed with the heat of the day contributed to it as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 90 at ORD (24) and here (22) today..91 ORD today (25).89’d here and at MDW.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malacka11 Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 Getting a lot more rain out of the line of storms than I anticipated. It's been raining steadily for almost an hour now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 On 8/14/2020 at 1:08 PM, Powerball said: Well that escalated quickly. Wasn't even expecting it to rain today, but we're getting some pretty good cracks of thunder and downpours blowing in from Lake St. Clair after a sunny morning. You back in Michigan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 8 minutes ago, Jonger said: You back in Michigan? See my note in the location field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 On 8/15/2020 at 9:30 AM, beavis1729 said: Interesting...the greater than normal disparity between ORD and MKE this season is probably because most of ORD’s 90+ days have been 90-92, combined with UHI. Where I am in SW Lake County IL, we’ve only had 12 days of 90+. A lot of days 87-89. I think the fact that a lot of days have been upper 80s to low 90s is causing wild disparity from place to place, but that Milwaukee number is crazy low. It's been a hot summer so there have been a lot less cooldown days then you would expect in a typical summer, but also, the amount of extreme hot days has been way less than most of our hot summers, especially the ones the first half of the 20th century. Detroit (DTW) has had 14 days of 90+ this year. The average in a year is 12, so that is nothing impressive consider how warm its been. Certainly another month until we're out of the woods, but I don't really see any heat building. Detroit city airport, which sits closer to the water, has only had 11 days this year. It was the official weather station during those extremely hot summers of the 1930s-50s. So it really makes me wonder, those years when they were getting 30, 35 days of 90+, how many would inland present day DTW have gotten!!!??? The DTX NWS office, in Detroit's far northern suburbs, rural and high in elevation, has only had 4 days. Yet Flint, which is North of there but actually closer to the NWS office than DTW, has logged 18 days. Nearby to FNT is Saginaw, which only has 13 days. And then Toledo, OH has a whopping 27 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 I think site location in regards to proximity to the lake is a big factor in the large difference in 90 degree days between ORD and MKE. MKE is much closer to the lake than ORD, and thinking back on it, there were a lot of days with a pretty weak gradient flow that allowed for early lake breeze development. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowstorms Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 A line of strong thunderstorms, primarily non-severe, off Lake Huron this morning literally disintegrated as it approached Toronto late this morning. Story of this summer. It hasn't rained, even a drop, since August 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitchener poster Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 18 minutes ago, Snowstorms said: A line of strong thunderstorms, primarily non-severe, off Lake Huron this morning literally disintegrated as it approached Toronto late this morning. Story of this summer. It hasn't rained, even a drop, since August 4. Same here. Picked up 5 mm if I’m super generous and tilted the rain gauge slightly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartman Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Already wetter than normal for this August as of Friday. The current rainfall total for this month is at 3.14 inches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vpbob21 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Not our sub but Death Valley reached 130 today. Yikes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 51 minutes ago, vpbob21 said: Not our sub but Death Valley reached 130 today. Yikes. Impressive. It was 107 already at 9am, and 120 by noon. https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mesowest/timeseries.php?sid=DEVC1&num=72&banner=gmap&raw=0&w=325 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 6 minutes ago, cyclone77 said: Impressive. It was 107 already at 9am, and 120 by noon. https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mesowest/timeseries.php?sid=DEVC1&num=72&banner=gmap&raw=0&w=325 I'm trying to imagine what it would be like to step outside at 3 am and it's 105. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 35 minutes ago, Hoosier said: I'm trying to imagine what it would be like to step outside at 3 am and it's 105. That would definitely be an odd situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Halfway through August, if the month ended yesterday this summer would finish 3rd warmest on record for Chicago as 76.2°. Top 5 warmest summers on record... 1. 76.4° - 1955 2. 76.3° - 1995 3. 76.1° - 2012 4. 75.9° -1921 5. 75.5° - 1959 5. 75.5° - 1949 The highest temp at ORD has “only” been 96, so there hasn’t been big heat. Consistently warm has done the job though. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 10 hours ago, Hoosier said: I'm trying to imagine what it would be like to step outside at 3 am and it's 105. It was 109 at 3am this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torchageddon Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 I'm under a tornado watch, and only Grey and Bruce counties are under one which may be a first. The sun is full, but I hear a rumble or two in the distance. Those cells looked sheared and highly unusual for my boring locale. I have a weird vibe, like Aug 20 vibes . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 3 hours ago, cyclone77 said: It was 109 at 3am this morning. Wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Gorgeous weather for my area the last couple days. Mid 70's with low humidity. Perfect summer weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vpbob21 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 16 hours ago, cyclone77 said: Impressive. It was 107 already at 9am, and 120 by noon. https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mesowest/timeseries.php?sid=DEVC1&num=72&banner=gmap&raw=0&w=325 They reached 120 at 11 am today. I'm going to predict a high of 131 today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis1729 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 2 hours ago, vpbob21 said: They reached 120 at 11 am today. I'm going to predict a high of 131 today. There's some haze/smoke in the area from nearby wildfires. So, looks like it may only (!) hit 127-128. At 2 PM local time, it's 125/47, heat index 118. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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